Canned Heat is an American blues/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965.The group has been noted for its own interpretations of blues material as well as for efforts to promote the interest in this type of music and its original artists. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson's 1928 "Canned Heat Blues", a song about an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking Sterno, generically called "canned heat". After appearances at Monterey and Woodstock, at the end of the 1960s the band acquired worldwide fame with a lineup consisting of Bob Hite, vocals, Alan Wilson, guitar, harmonica and vocals, Henry Vestine (or Harvey Mandel) on lead guitar, Larry Taylor on bass, and Adolfo de la Parra on drums.
Since the early 1970s, numerous personnel changes have occurred and today, in the fifth decade of the band's existence the band includes de la Parra and Larry Taylor from the "classic" 1960s lineup as well as Mandel. For much of the 1990s and 2000s, de la Parra was the only member from the band's 1960s lineup. He has written a book about the band's career. Larry Taylor, whose presence in the band has not been steady, is the other surviving member from the earliest lineups. Mandel, Walter Trout and Junior Watson are among the guitarists who gained fame for playing in later editions of the band. British-blues pioneer John Mayall has frequently found musicians for his band among former Canned Heat members.
1971 - Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker - Hooker 'N Heat 2CD (Liberty CDP-7-97896-2 EU 1991)
1971 - Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker - Hooker 'n Heat 2CD (MFSL UDCD 2-676 USA 1996)
1971 - Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker - Hooker 'N' Heat The Best Of... Plus (SEE CD 234 EU 1989)
1974 - Memphis Slim & Canned Heat - Memphis Heat (Maison De Blues 982 274-2 France 2004)
1974 - Memphis Slim & Canned Heat - Memphis Heat (Verve Records 519 725-2 France 1993)
1981 - Hooker N' Heat - Recorded Live At The Fox Venice Theatre (Rhino RNCD 75776 USA 1987)
1996 - Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker - The Best of Hooker 'N Heat (7243 8 38207 2 6)
2006 - Canned Heat & Henry Vestine - Human Condition Revisited & I Used To Be Mad! 2CD (SPV-97842)
2015 - Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker - Carnegie Hall 1971 (Cleopatra CLP 2103 USA)
Canned Heat - 1967 - Canned Heat (Liberty Japan 2017)
Canned Heat - 1967 - Canned Heat (See For Miles Records Ltd. UK 1990)
Canned Heat - 1967 - Rollin' And Tumblin' (AGAT RU 1997)
Canned Heat - 1968 - Boogie With Canned Heat (Iconoclassic Records USA 2012)
Canned Heat - 1968 - Boogie with Canned Heat (See For Miles Records Ltd. UK 1989)
Canned Heat - 1968 - Living The Blues (See For Miles Records Ltd. SEE CD 97 EU 1989)
Canned Heat - 1968 - Living The Blues 2CD (BGO Records BGOCD591 UK 2003)
Canned Heat - 1969 - Hallelujah (See For Miles Records Ltd. UK 1990)
Canned Heat - 1970 - '70 Concert-Live In Europe (BGO Records BGOCD12 UK 1988)
Canned Heat - 1970 - Dust My Broom (Flash 8350-2 CD Netherlands 1992)
Canned Heat - 1970 - Future Blues (BGO Records EU 1994)
Canned Heat - 1970 - Future Blues (Iconoclassic Records USA 2016)
Canned Heat - 1970 - Live at Topanga Corral aka Kaleidoscope (Lilith LR137 EU 2007)
Canned Heat - 1970 - One Step Behind The Blues (Soundwings EU 1999)
Canned Heat - 1970 - Rolling And Tumbling (Success ECC 1993)
Canned Heat - 1970 - Vintage (France 1989)
Canned Heat - 1972 - Historical Figures And Ancient Heads (BGO Records BGOCD83 UK 1990)
Canned Heat - 1972 - Live Heat '72 2CD (2013 RLY-67800)
Canned Heat - 1973 - One More River to Cross (Atlantic EU 1998)
Canned Heat - 1973 - The Best Of Canned Heat (EMI CDP 7 48377-2 USA)
Canned Heat - 1973 - The New Age (BGO Records UK 1990)
Canned Heat - 1978 - Human Condition (AIM Australia 2002)
Canned Heat - 1981 - Kings Of The Boogie (Unidisc Canada 2008 )
Canned Heat - 1988 - Boogie Up The Country (in-akustik Germany)
Canned Heat - 1988 - Reheated (SPV Germany 1988)
Canned Heat - 1989 - Let's Work Together The Best Of Canned Heat (CDP 7 93114 2 UK)
Canned Heat - 1989 - On the Road Again (Fame CD-FA 3222,CDM 7 93058 2 UK)
Canned Heat - 1994 - Internal Combustion (Connoisseur Collection UK 1996)
Canned Heat - 1994 - Uncanned! The Best Of Canned Heat 2CD (EMI Records USA 7243 8 29165 2 9)
Canned Heat - 1996 - Gamblin' Woman (JPCD9712659 RU)
Canned Heat - 1997 - Canned Heat Blues Band (Rowyna Music Germany)
Canned Heat - 1997 - Canned Heat Blues Band (Seagull Israel 2000)
Canned Heat - 1997 - The Best Of (Disky DC878652 Netherlands)
Canned Heat - 1998 - House Of Blue Lights (Going For A Song GFS146 UK)
Canned Heat - 1999 - Boogie 2000 (Ruf Records Germany)
Canned Heat - 2000 - 1967-1976-The Boogie House Tapes 2CD (2003 RU)
Canned Heat - 2001 - Far Out 2CD (Akarma AK 115 2 Italy)
Canned Heat - 2003 - Canned Heat (1967) & Boogie With Canned Heat (1968) (BGO Records BGOCD577 UK)
Canned Heat - 2003 - Friends In The Can (Ruf Records Germany)
Canned Heat - 2003 - Hallelujah (1969) & Cook Book (1969) (BGO Records BGOCD578 RU)
Canned Heat - 2005 - Historical Figures And Ancient Heads (1972) & The New Age (1973) (BGO Records BGOCD672 UK)
Canned Heat - 2007 - Christmas Album (Fuel 2000 Records USA)
Canned Heat - 2007 - On The Road Again 2CD (Black Box BB 2194 EU)
Canned Heat - 2009 - On The Road Again (Eurotrend CD 142.623 EU)
